50 Best Distillery Companies to Watch in 2026

The most prominent distillery companies ranked by global prominence, funding activity, and market position. Showing the top 50 out of 644 companies tracked on Fsome.

644
Total Companies
$849.5M
Total Funding
$1.3M
Avg Funding
Austin
Top Location
# Company Location Employees Total Funding Last Round Last Funded
1
Whiskey House, Kentucky
Whiskey House of Kentucky specializes in custom whiskey production with a focus …
Elizabethtown 51 - 100 $140.0M Debt Financing 2024-07-19
2
Onda
Onda is a sparkling tequila brand for a new generation of drinkers
New York 11 - 50 $23.4M Series B 2023-06-22
3
Haus
Haus specializes in the manufacturing and distillation of wine and spirits.
Healdsburg 11 - 50 $7.5M Series A 2021-09-21
4
Caledonia Spirits
Caledonia Spirits operates a craft distillery firm created to support working la…
Montpelier 11 - 50 $14.9M Series C 2023-01-27
5
CVH Spirits
CVH Spirits crafts and distributes spirits, including single malts, blends, wine…
East Kilbride 501 - 1K $91.6M Secondary Market 2024-09-17
6
SolMem
SolMem creates water distillation technology that may be used to desalinate and …
Houston 1 - 10 $256K Grant 2021-03-19
7
Next Century Spirits
Next Century Spirits combines traditional distilling techniques and finishing te…
Raleigh 11 - 50 $15.6M Series Unknown 2026-02-17
8
Ethyl Ambrosia
Ethyl Ambrosia is an edible alcohol technology company.
Austin 1 - 10 $450K Seed 2020-05-28
9
Siempre Spirits
Siempre Spirits is a wine and spirits company creating handmade meaningful quali…
Toronto 11 - 50 $11.7M Series Unknown 2024-08-15
10
The Cotswold Distilling Company Ltd.
The first ever full-scale craft distillery in one of England's most beautiful re…
Shipston On Stour 11 - 50 $6.3M Series Unknown 2023-04-05
11
Terressentia
Terressentia represent the leading edge of premium distilled spirits production …
Ladson 11 - 50 $79.0M Debt Financing 2018-05-03
12
Madre Mezcal
Madre Mezcal is a distillery company that specializes in manufacturing and selli…
Venice 11 - 50 $3.0M Series A 2021-04-21
13
Brown Sugar Bourbon
Brown Sugar Bourbon is an alcohol company producing brown sugar and cinnamon mix…
Dallas $10.9M Series Unknown 2024-02-02
14
Moonshine Meadery
Moonshine Meadery is a craft meadery.
Pune 11 - 50 $2.8M Seed 2025-01-08
15
Skunk Brothers Spirits
Skunk Brothers Spirits is a craft distillery that is fine-tuning and hand-crafti…
Stevenson 1 - 10 $1.1M Equity Crowdfunding 2021-12-31
16
Stranger & Sons
Stranger & Sons provides food and beverage services in India.
Mumbai 11 - 50 $1.5M Series Unknown 2025-01-10
17
Nusa Caña Rum
Nusa Caña Rum develops and provides different mixes of tropical island rum.
Poole $1.5M Equity Crowdfunding 2022-05-17
18
Small Beer Brew Co.
Small Beer Brew Co. is a brewery dedicated to the production of classic beer sty…
London 11 - 50 $2.1M Equity Crowdfunding 2022-02-21
19
Sliabh Liag Distillers
Sliabh Liag Distillers is a distillery company producing whiskey, gin, and vodka…
Donegal 1 - 10 $4.9M Equity Crowdfunding 2022-06-07
20
Off-Piste Wines
Off-Piste Wines is a developer and distributor of wine brand.
Cheltenham 11 - 50 $10.4M Private Equity 2019-12-23
21
West Virginia Great Barrel Company
West Virginia Great Barrel Company is a top-grade barrel company for the interna…
Caldwell 51 - 100 $15.0M Series Unknown 2018-10-01
22
Dented Brick Distillery
Dented Brick Distillery is a grain-to-glass craft distillery located in SLC.
South Salt Lake 11 - 50 $1.8M Series A 2017-10-01
23
Ginglani Distillers
Ginglani Distillers is a beverage manufacturing company that crafts and supplies…
New Delhi 11 - 50 $2.2M Series A 2024-03-26
24
Pentire Drinks
Pentire Drinks is a beverage company that offers botanical, non-alcoholic spirit…
Wadebridge 11 - 50 $3.7M Series Unknown 2024-01-01
25
Brooklyn Gin
Brooklyn Gin is a craft spirit made with fresh citrus peels and hand-cracked jun…
Brooklyn 11 - 50 $2.4M Seed 2022-12-08
26
Holyrood Distillery
Holyrood Distillery is an e-commerce website that specializes in selling Single …
Edinburgh 11 - 50 $2.5M Corporate Round 2024-01-29
27
Doce Mezcal
Doce Mezcal is a beverage manufacturing company producing hand-crafted spirits.
New York 1 - 10 $150K Seed 2025-03-06
28
NietsCo
NietsCo is an alcohol-free company.
Brussels 11 - 50 $2.2M Equity Crowdfunding 2025-09-28
29
Scapegrace Distilling Co.
Scapegrace Distilling is a premium gin, vodka, and whisky distillers.
Georgetown 11 - 50 $1.8M Debt Financing 2023-03-22
30
Republic Restoratives
Republic Restoratives is an online platform that provides a distillery and craft…
Washington 11 - 50 $1.8M Seed 2019-10-21
31
Lixir
Lixir is a wine and spirits company that offers honey-based alcohol with zero su…
Santa Monica 1 - 10 $250K Seed 2024-11-13
32
Maine Craft Distilling
Maine Craft Distilling is a farm to flask distillery producing small-batch spiri…
Portland 51 - 100 $2.1M Series Unknown 2022-02-18
33
Rock Paper Rum
Rock Paper Rum provides distilled rum.
Mumbai 11 - 50 $604K Angel 2024-03-16
34
Two Drifters Distillery
Two Drifters Distillery create the first carbon-negative rum distilleries in the…
Exeter 1 - 10 $481K Corporate Round 2024-05-20
35
North British Distillery Company
North British Distillery Company is the supplier of grain whiskey to the industr…
Edinburgh 101 - 250 $3.5M Grant 2021-06-30
36
Matugga Distillery
Matugga Distillery is a Scottish Rum distillery.
Livingston 1 - 10 $420K Equity Crowdfunding 2022-03-24
37
Top Shelf International
Top Shelf International is a diversified branded spirits company with a core pur…
Campbellfield 51 - 100 $10.0M Debt Financing 2018-08-01
38
Forbidden Spirits Distilling Co
Forbidden Spirits Vodka is hand crafted from the finest BC apples.
Kelowna 11 - 50 $547K Post Ipo Debt 2024-10-15
39
The Bordeaux Distilling Company
The Bordeaux Distilling Company provides offers designed, crafted, and bottled o…
Bordeaux 1 - 10 $596K Equity Crowdfunding 2022-07-20
40
Burleighs Gin
Burleighs Gin offers handcrafted artisan gins from botanical to bottle.
Leicester 1 - 10 $992K Debt Financing 2021-02-22
41
RUSSELL DISTILLERS
RUSSELL DISTILLERS is a wine and spirits company.
Edinburgh 1 - 10 $1.4M Debt Financing 2021-03-12
42
Wild Atlantic Distillery
Wild Atlantic Distillery offers a limited number of 188 casks to reserve for pri…
Castlederg 1 - 10 $162K Equity Crowdfunding 2022-07-20
43
ROLEY's
ROLEY'S delivers a full-strength lager rich in vitamins, brewed for the health- …
Manchester 1 - 10 $1.3M Equity Crowdfunding 2025-04-01
44
Gloucester Brewery
Gloucester Brewery produces a wide range of exciting and innovative craft beers.
Gloucester 11 - 50 $694K Equity Crowdfunding 2021-09-23
45
Shake Up Cocktails
Shake Up Cocktails uses authentic ingredients and vivid flavors to create ready-…
1 - 10 $100K Grant 2025-09-30
46
HORSE GUARDS
HORSE GUARDS creates and develops different kinds and mixes of gin.
Exeter $468K Equity Crowdfunding 2021-03-17
47
Mahala Botanical
Mahala Botanical sells non-alcoholic, triple-distilled spirit prepared with nine…
London 1 - 10 $198K Equity Crowdfunding 2023-04-04
48
Nelson's Distillery & School
Nelson's Distillery & School is a premium distiller that offers the unique exper…
Uttoxeter 1 - 10 $435K Equity Crowdfunding 2021-02-24
49
Whisky Hammer
Whisky Hammer is a family-run whisky auction service that brings an array of rar…
Ellon 1 - 10 $255K Equity Crowdfunding 2019-10-14
50
Bristol Distilling
Bristol Distilling creates and develops craft distillery beverages.
Bristol 1 - 10 $235K Equity Crowdfunding 2021-04-06